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Available seminars

Enrolment is obligatory for all seminars and instructions can be found on the Department of Sociology and Social Research’s ETCS Seminars webpage. 
In order to enrol on the seminars, you must meet the requirements indicated. Please note that if your course instructor evaluates your language level as not being sufficient within the first classes, you may be asked to leave the course.

In the Download area you can find the contents of the seminars organized.

• Specialist English for International Studies – 40 hours
  The seminar is offered in the first and second semester to students of the undergraduate International Studies degree course. 
  The seminar aims to develop students' English communication skills, specialist vocabulary, and critical thinking in the sphere of international studies. It provides students with tools and strategies for preparing an effective oral presentation, position paper, and written summary of authentic audiovisual content. 
   
• Developing academic texts and presentations (for Data Science and SRS) - 36 hours
  The seminar is offered in the first and second semester to students of the MA programmes in Data Science and Sociology and Social Research. This module develops students’ academic communication skills and critical thinking in English, with a particular focus on writing. Students will research and discuss topics of interest, deliver a presentation, write an abstract and write a short literature review. 
   
• Developing academic texts and presentations (for GLOCAL, OST and MOVASS) - 36 hours
  The seminar is offered in the first and second semester to students of the MA programmes in: Global and Local Studies; Organization, Society and Technology Studies; and Methodology, Organization and Evaluation of Social Services. 
  This course develops students’ academic communication skills and critical thinking in English, with a particular focus on speaking. Students will study topics of interest, research and create a presentation, listen to and evaluate a lecture, and participate in an evidence-based seminar discussion.  

In order to enrol on the seminars, students need to have a B2 level of English (Common European Framework of Reference) which may be attested in one of the following ways:
- be taking the placement test and placing into a C1a level course;
- by passing a B2b level course at CLA (the result of the final course test is valid for a year)
- by passing the CLA online B2 exam;
- by possessing an international B2 level certificate (see the list of recognised certificates here: (https://www.cla.unitn.it/en/780/certificates-do-you-have-a-certificate).

*Those who, between the previous two months and two weeks before the course, have taken the CLA placement test with an inadequate level can retake the test by writing to seminaricredito.srs@unitn.it and indicating date taken and level achieved.
 At the first lecture, students must present certification or proof of having taken the online test with an adequate result. Once the course begins, the teacher may decide to exclude any student who does not meet language expectations of the seminar (offering them advice on how to fill the gaps), even if the student has suitable certification.

Who can enrol?

All seminars are only available to the students on the degree program specified in the description.

How much does a course cost?

The courses are free of charge.

How do I enrol?

Enrolment is online through the Department of Sociology and Social Research (email: segreteria.srs@unitn.it).